xinjiang uighur autonomous region

Noun
  1. domain member region: east turkestan islamic movement, east turkistan islamic movement - a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
    is an instance of: province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
    member holonym: uighur, uigur, uygur - a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
    is a part of: cathay, china, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red china - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
    same as: sinkiang, xinjiang

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